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The inspector general of the Transportation Department was to issue a report Monday on whether the U.S.-Mexican border is ready to be opened under the North American Free Trade Agreement, the Arizona Daily Star reported.

Mexican President Vicente Fox threatened last week to limit U.S truck entry into Mexico because of “protective barriers and discriminations” imposed by the U.S. government in its still-pending plan to open the common border to Mexican truck operations.

Freight shippers cut the amount of money they spend to move or store goods by $33 billion last year — the first decline since 1991 — but they spent $10 billion more on trucking services, a new study shows.

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The price of diesel fuel dropped 1.1 cents last week to reach, at $1.275 per gallon, the lowest level since March 18, according to a report by the Department of Energy released Monday.

FREDERICK, Md. — The drivers pulled their antique trucks into a new-truck dealership here on a recent Saturday, both to show off their personal handiwork and revel in the history of the U.S. trucking industry.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.Halvor Lines operates 255 over-the-road trucks throughout the United States and Canada. We recently were fined $350 in New York for allowing our diesel engine to idle for more than 5 minutes.

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Ohio Gov. Bob Taft and American Trucking Associations President William J. Canary last week officially enlisted the Buckeye State in ATA’s American Trucking Army, a program that trains drivers to keep an eye out for suspicious activity on highways.

The rise and fall of diesel prices since 1990 often resembled a roller coaster ride, with stomach-churning twists and turns caused by weather, war and the economy.